CDUS44 KLCH 160823 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 323 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 88 1:58 PM 92 1919 82 6 87 2015 2017 MINIMUM 66 3:11 AM 39 1893 61 5 59 1901 AVERAGE 77 71 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.09 1957 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 2.15 -1.26 0.14 SINCE SEP 1 3.26 7.17 -3.91 3.59 SINCE JAN 1 47.05 50.85 -3.80 60.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 7 5 8 MONTH TO DATE 203 134 69 167 SINCE SEP 1 735 575 160 621 SINCE JAN 1 3314 2849 465 3012 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1:00 AM LOWEST 55 2:00 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 94 2015 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 39 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:36 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:35 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$